Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals I decided to do my project because my father and I always enjoy watching people pick up coins. I have always been intrigued by psychology. One day, my dad and I were bored w…
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine what ingredients (oranges, carrots, or sweet potatoes) produced the most methane when put through the process of anaerobic digestion. Methods/M…
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the best material to create a safer helmet for impact sports by reducing g-forces upon impact, which may reduce the risk of athletes developing…
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals I was interested to learn if supplementing a Boer goat's diet with ammonium chloride would affect the urine pH levels in meat goats to help prevent urinary calculi. My ultim…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to investigate the effect of reflecting angle and effect of the reflector type on the efficiency of a solar cooker. Methods/Materials In reflecting angle ex…
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determine when the brain stops confusing the character(words) with the color. Methods/Materials I took the original stroop effect and began to distort the words into vary…
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Energy independence and environmental concerns have grown the interest in wind turbines exponentially. The purpose of this experiment was to determine which variation of the…
Chemistry
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if the measured fat extracted from ground beef will be less than what is published on the label. Methods/Materials Purchase packages of ground be…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine if trace amounts of antibiotics can be detected in meats sold in major California grocery store chains. I will test muscle tissue fluids from me…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to demonstrate what high acidity levels in the ocean will do to calcium carbonate sea shells. Methods/Materials 1500 milliliter samples of se…
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Fonts are described in terms of their aesthetic qualities such as face style, size, and color. The objective of this investigation is to evaluate the relationship between fo…
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals Our Science Fair project investigated variables that affect the rate of water evaporation. We thought that the water with greater surface area will evaporate faster because…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals This project endeavored to find out what time of the day and which commonly used jogging path in Fremont, CA had the smallest amount of fine and coarse atmospheric particles…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals This project is a second-year study, in which I worked on developing and studying an algorithm to model successful learning from an inconsistent source. It has been reported…
Mathematics & Software
First Award
Objectives/Goals A camcorder filmed a pool with swimmers above and below the water, and a computer system determined when swimmers were in danger of drowning. Methods/Materials The initial a…
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this science fair project is to see what ocean acidification does to the marine environment and marine creatures with shells. Methods/Materials The materials…
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to investigate how the presence of solutes, CO2, and acidity in water, as well as organic compounds in soils, may interact with soil textures…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My objective is to learn how different materials block WiFi signals, and which building material obstructs radio signals the most. Methods/Materials In my experiment I used…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see what kind of compost works the most efficient in growing kale and mustard plants. I also wanted to see the different levels in potash, nitrogen, and…
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine which household substance will increase the ice nucleation process of dew on oranges in orchards, with wind machines and witho…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out which road deicer is the most beneficial for plants. My hypothesis was that the beet salt plants would grow to be the healthiest in height and w…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to compare two countries bar soap and see how effective they were in eliminating bacteria. The goal was to see whether Taiwan bar soap,…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine the swimming stroke that raises the adult human heart rate the most. Methods/Materials Ten adult masters swimmers were asked to…
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine which kind of light bulb (11W Incandescent, CFL, or LED) generates the most electricity on a solar panel in the most efficient…
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to find the best wood type and fire-retardant solution combination. It was hypothesized that the painted, fire-retardant sprayed redwood would ha…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine why people go over the speed limit in their cars. I expected that men would drive faster than women, and that drivers with kids in their car woul…
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to study the effect of surface materials, such as paper, glass, wood, and metal on the detection of fingerprints. As part of my project, I…
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to find whether the inside or the outside of bathroom door handles had more bacteria. Methods/Materials I swabbed the inside and outside…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective is to investigate what happens to the vitamin C content of 3 freshly squeezed juices as they undergo processes similar to those performed on the juices sold at…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals As the use of technology increases in modern society, an increased exposure to human radiofrequency (RF) waves emanated by these devices results. Even with research, scienti…